Master Bedroom

While updating my pages tonight I realized that I never put up the master bedroom upgrades. Sadly, its been one of the most overlooked spaces in our house since we started renovating. Maybe because it didn't need much, maybe cause I wanted it to look really good. Either way, we sadly lived in a room that looked like this for most of the first year:

I don't have to show you much for you to get the full picture. Behind our bed was another splotch of a different color, the window had yet a 3rd color strip and I was really slow on painting the trim.

Where it gets sad is that after about a year, this is what we moved up to:

Most of the trim painted, still not all, and still the same paint testers. We had our curtain up and for the first time in our life an actual bedroom set. But, my husbands dresser didn't match and we still do not have a bedspread.

When you visit people's houses, its rare you head into their master bedroom. So, honestly, I have no idea what most people's bedrooms look like. But, I do know some close to me and I just love that people put time and effort into how their bedroom looks, they make it "their" space. Both my sister in laws have their rooms decorated beautifully. One even switches out her comforters for seasons. It seriously has me totally in awe. I want to put that kind of thought into my bedroom.

Sadly, we just don't really spend time in our bedroom. We sleep there (when the kids let us sleep) and that is about it. I don't have a walk in closet and so half my clothes are in the hallway closet. We had an old 90's 13 inch tv in there, so we only watched tv in there basically when my husband wanted to catch the weather or something before bed. In my head I have these grand visions of me reading, or relaxing in my beautiful bedroom retreat. But, in reality, its hard for me to get into bed without wanting to roll over and just go to sleep. All the movies and tv shows show the married couple reading, watching tv, and spending all this time in their bedroom. It hasn't been our reality, but I'm not ready to kill the idea yet.

After a lot of time on pinterest and design websites aimed at decorating/designing your master bedroom, I began to get an idea. I liked the thought of grey walls to go with my blue paisley. I also saw this pin, which helped get me to get inspired for some color pop:

It has white, grey, and both light and dark blue. What I like the most is the pop of color. As I started to visualize my bedroom in a medium to dark grey, with navy and light blue accents, I started to worry it would be too cool, too boring. Our last master was a pretty bold burgandy. Not to mention, how do I know what grey is best. The strips painted on the wall changed so much in different light, one looked purple at times and the other was just okay.

Then I found Chip It! by Sherwin Williams and problem solved! I was lucky enough to find my exact paisley online and chipped it!

This at least gave me a starting point. Because I was motivated, I wasn't willing to buy a sample and try yet another stripe on the wall. I knew it was time to go and I just dove in and went with Argos.

We were in the middle of finishing the master bathroom and I saw this as the perfect time to get motivated and at least get all the walls to a matching color. I finished painting the trim (well, most of it).

We found a cheap dresser that almost exactly matched our set to replace the oak dresser my husband was using. He scored a 32 inch flat screen SMART tv, so we can watch Netflix!! I switched out pictures of my kids for art.

Bought some art for behind the bed, using yellow as my "pop" color. A couple blue paisley laundry hampers. A yellow floral pillow, and hey, its a start. Not to mention, very inexpensive little upgrade. At least we can't say we have totally neglected "our" space.